Acikshati, Ācikṣati: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Ācikṣati can be transliterated into English as Aciksati or Acikshati, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Achikshati.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryĀcikṣati (आचिक्षति).—(compare also abhy-ā°; hyper-Sanskrit based on Pali ācikkhati, AMg āikkhai, under influence of Epic Sanskrit ācakṣati; the Pali forms are ignored in Geiger's Index; Pischel 492 considers the Prakrit forms redupl. from Sanskrit root khyā, while [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary] derives āikkhai from ā-cakṣ, [Page089-b+ 71] abbhāikkhai from both -khyā and -cakṣ. There is no doubt that [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] abhy-ā-cikṣ-is associated with the noun abhyākhyāna; Pali has equivalents of both; and I believe with Pischel that the whole group is based primarily on khyā; but at least in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] it is blended with cakṣ; Sanskrit ā-cakṣ and ā-khyā are synonyms), tells, says, only in Mahāvastu: °ati i.243.6; 244.6 (em.); ii.408.7; 463.19; 464.17; 486.14; iii.74.16; 125.17; 132.16; 149.10; 164.15, etc.; °anti ii.132.3; impv. °a ii.57.17; 58.15; °āhi iii.192.13; °atha iii.72.16; fut. °iṣyāmi iii.74.3 (em.), 8; °iṣyaṃ iii.258.13 ff.; °iṣyati iii.256.12; °iṣyanti i.272.5; ppp. °ita i.355.2, 5; ii.73.14; 178.6; iii.40.4; gdve. °itavya ii.73.13; iii.256.12. Note ācikṣanti Mahāvastu ii.132.3, in a passage where all other texts incl. Mahāvastu i.228.7 have ācakṣate; but Pali ācikkhanti.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Abhyacikshati, Pratyacikshati.
Full-text: Pratyacikshati, Vibhajati.
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